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BGE requests rate increase for electric and natural gas

Baltimore Gas and Electric's request for a rate hike would add 4 percent to electric bills and 4 percent to natural gas bills.

Tags: Baltimore Gas and Electric, bge, electric prices, electric rates, thomas warren, power companies, electricity, dominion, pepco

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Maryland regulators begin hearing Pepco rate case

Maryland utility regulators say they have set aside 10 days to hear a rate increase request from Pepco.

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Putting the 'public' back in PSC

Delegate Al Carr thinks Maryland consumers deserve more.

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O'Malley appoints PSC chairman to judgeship

Gov. Martin O'Malley has appointed the chairman of the Maryland Public Service Commission to be a judge on the state's intermediate appellate court, and the governor has named a new director of public affairs for his administration.

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PSC nixes utilities' billing 24 hours after outage

Maryland utilities will no longer be able to charge customers for lost sales during the first 24 hours of a major power outage.

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Utilities: 24-hour power restoration not realistic

Unless utilities fundamentally change how they distribute energy, they won't be able to restore power to all customers within 24 hours after a hurricane-like storm, officials told Maryland regulators on Thursday.

Tags: derecho, Maryland Public Service Commission, power outages, pepco, bge, utilities

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PSC utility wraps up derecho hearings

Almost two months after the derecho ripped through the region leaving more than one million customers without power, an investigation by regulators into how utilities handled the storm is moving into a new phase.

Tags: derecho, michelle basch, Public Service Commission, bge, dominion, pepco

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Pepco customers demand PSC take action

Upset that Pepco plans to ask for another rate hike, customers lashed out at Maryland regulators Tuesday night, demanding they take action.

Tags: derecho, pepco, bge, kate ryan, Maryland Public Service Commission

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Maryland congressman criticizes Pepco

Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen says Pepco should not receive a 4 percent rate increase until the utility makes meaningful progress on reliability.

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Prom Night and Limos: What parents need to know

Parents of Maryland teens who want to take a limo on prom night can take heart in state rules that ensure the big night will be a safe one.

Tags: kate ryan, limo, prom, limo rules,

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